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Groundbreaking for expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall will be held Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 9:00 AM. The $98 million expansion will include a 16-screen movie theater, Borders Bookstore, Sports Chalet, a new food court, 30 new shops, and two parking structures. The expansion is Phase One of a possible two-part expansion of the mall, which originally opened 29 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
31716AN
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Newspaper Index
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Expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita will begin soon. It will add 104,400 sq. ft. of retail, 18,400 sq. ft. of restaurants, a 7,800 sq. ft. food court, 45,000 sq. ft. of specialty stores, 54,300 sq. ft. of movie theaters, and a 5,400 sq. ft. auto center. The planned tenants include an AMC theater, Borders Book Store, and Sports Chalet. Expansion will be completed in 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31158
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
31353AN
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A photograph shows the June 4 groundbreaking ceremony for the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita expansion project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31515
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita- expansion
Item ID
31711AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ballot initiative targeting large scale homes in Arcadia (often referred to as McMansions) will not make it on the ballot after all. The city clerk's office discovered a discrepancy in the number of qualifying signatures. Saving Arcadia is the local activist group behind the initiative.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34519
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2011-2020
Ballot initiatives
Floor area ratios (FAR)
Development
Mansions
Real Estate
Zoning codes
Item ID
34711AN
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Newspaper Index
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With plans for a major expansion at the mall, additional parking spaces need to be added at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Parking
Item ID
27879AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department's PACE office in the Westfield Shoppingtown mall has a new name and sign. It is now called Arcadia Police Department-Community Services and two officers, Sgt. Bob Guthrie and Officer Paul van der Noorn, are now manning the station in the lower level, near JC Penney.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33470
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department-Community Services
Guthrie, Bob
VanderNoorn, Paul
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita Mall
Item ID
33665AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction has started on the expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. There will be two parking structures to replace current surface parking, 104,400 square feet of retail space, 18,400 square feet of restaurants, a 7,800 square foot food court, 45,000 square feet of specialty stores, 54,300 square feet of movie theaters, and a 5,400 square foot auto center. The tenant list includes an AMC theater, Borders bookstore, and a Sports Chalet. The expansion is scheduled to be completed September 2004. City manager Bill Kelly said Arcadia will proceed to expand Fire Station 105 to serve as the new fire department headquarters and will rebuild Station 106. The city is considering building a new City Hall and youth center from city revenues from Santa Anita Park. The new police station, the first city facility partly financed through bonds, will be open this fall. A $1/2 million project to remodel City Council Chambers is finally complete, with the opening of the council conference room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31312
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Police station
Civic buildings
Fire station 105 headquarters
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
31507AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown expansion plans will be presented to the city before the end of the year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27758
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
27955AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33293
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Shopping malls
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
33490AN
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The Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita expansion has been approved by the City Council. It allows expansion up to 600,000 square feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27700
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
27897AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city is reviewing plans for expansion at Westfield Shoppingtown. A proposal includes 280,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29086
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Expansion plans
Item ID
29273AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita needs a bigger sign for the new tenants in its proposed expansion. Westfield wants a sign big enough for six tenant names, instead of the four previously agreed upon for the signage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29934
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Signage and signs
Item ID
30120AN
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Newspaper Index
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How Measure A is expected to affect Arcadia. Arcadia City Council will put a sales tax increase of 3/4 percent on this year's June ballot. The added sales tax would be added to the city's income to benefit the current deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Sales tax
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Anti-mansionization goes to the ballot. Zoning code issue continues as anti-mansionization group Saving Arcadia (an outgrowth of Save the Arcadia Highlands) takes it to the ballot in April 2018. At issue are Floor Area Ratios (FAR). See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, April 7, 2016-initiative did not make it onto ballot because of signature discrepancy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34516
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 31, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 31, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2011-2020
Ballot initiatives
Chandler, Roger
Development
Mansions
Real Estate
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Zoning codes
Item ID
34708AN
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Newspaper Index
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Manny Romero, owner of Rod's Grill, has initiated Measure A to try to block the Rusnak Mercedes Benz automobile dealership from expanding. The city has put out a counter measure, Measure B, to citizens to vote on at the May 8 election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30476
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Central Business District (CBD)
Measure A
Measure B
Restaurants
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30663AN
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Cable television's Learning Channel show "Junkyard Wars" brought a challenge to Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. Competitors were given 10 minutes to build a gravity-powered vehicle from assorted pieces of junk, wheels and miscellaneous items.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31581
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baerg, Monica
Baerg, Niccolo
Beneville, Michael
Television shows-"Junkyard Wars"
Item ID
31777AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents pass Measure A by significant majority. It is a 3/4 cent sales tax increase, passed with 63.94% of the vote in Tuesday's mail-in ballot. The increase will provide locally controlled funds to maintain Arcadia's public safety and other city services. See Also Mountain Views News, June 8, 2019, p. 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
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Arcadia City Council has approved a plan revision for the expansion of the Westfield mall. The revised plans involve adding a grade plus one-level parking structure south of Robinson-May, and a 5,400 square feet auto center northeast of the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30649
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30837AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teachers and students unite for Measure A, the renewal of a parcel tax that helps provide stable school funding for Arcadias, on March 7 ballot. Previously approved in 2012, Measure A would authorize a "qualified special tax of $288 per parcel of taxable real estate property," an increase of $60 over the 2012 proposal. Citizen homeowners age 65 and over would be able to exempt their primary residence from the tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34825
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Elections-local-March 7, 2017
Ballot measures
Chen, Travis
Item ID
35017AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ballot measure aims to repeal Arcadia's utility tax. The current tax adds 7% to bills for water, electricity and natural gas and 5% for telecommunications for both residential and commercial customers. If approved, city services will be downgraded significantly. It would eliminate 12.5% of Arcadia's budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34335
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Ballot measures
Kovacic, Gary
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Utility Users Tax
Item ID
34528AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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